Delta flight makes emergency landing without gear

[@CranberryFo]

The pilots did great, but I think the flight attendants also did their jobs well. I only saw a brief clip from inside, but the passengers were all braced and nobody was screaming. And that's an important job of the Flight Attendents. To make sure all the passengers know what to do and don't panic. Flight attendants aren't just there to serve you peanuts and juice, they are the ones trained to assist you when things go wrong and do everything they can to help ensure you are safe on that plane. Great job by everyone involved.

[@rustyneuron]

Yep. Its like the old saying goes "there is nothing to fear except fear itself." ; if panic happens, people can get hurt as a result.

[@amethystangel3538]

Lets not forget about the employees that helped in the tower.... team work , keeps people alive ...

[@Digitalgems9000]

they did nothing, pilots did

[@homedoghappiness]

Now if only the same principle (teamwork) can be applied to the nation and the world (keeping people alive)...

[@66lwmorgan]

Team work makes the Dream work.

[@Ol1v1as_world]

FACTS!!!

[@theeaskey]

How about the delta employees who didn't inspect the plane properly..

[@PureAloha78]

Those pilots and flight attendants were amazing !!!!!! God bless them all.

[@MaryClareVideos]

How absolutely frightening. Kudos to the pilot for landing the aircraft safely.

[@jpaleas]

Any landing you walk away from is a good landing! Bravo Delta Pilots👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@aliciacat2323]

The pilots and crew deserve the applause.

[@ervynnesevillano5190]

Nice! All did cooperate well! They pilots needs an oscars, flight attendants calmly evacuating passengers and finally, NO PASSENGERS TOOK THEIR LUGGAGE

[@parissinclair6513]

Oscars? 🤔 Lol but yes, they handled the whole situation admirably!

[@xirixseven6032]

Oscar's are movie awards for actors 😂 but ❤❤❤

[@lazzieday.]

Do you know what an oscar is?

[@Dime_time333]

​@@lazzieday.Don't be a jerk we all got a laugh from this comment. English could not be their first language.

[@lazzieday.]

@@Dime_time333 nothing about what I said was rude, you made up your own tone in your head and which made yourself feel like my comment was rude.

[@MeoMiyo]

Amazing how pilots remain so cool calm and collected in situations like this. Job well done to everyone. Glad all are safe.

[@fightersfan5363]

Huge props to the pilots

[@girishsimon4111]

Scary, but at the same time confidence-inspiring. Shows how there are protocols in place to deal with situations when things go wrong. This is part of the reason why air travel is statistically the safest way to travel. Even after decades of flying, I am always blown away by the miracle of human flight.

[@Dolores5000]

Well built plane and fantastic pilot skills!❤❤

[@frankish5314]

same built plane and skills that every pilot with a type rating for the aircraft. Its a non issue.

[@Dime_time333]

​@@frankish5314do you suck the literal oxygen out of a room when you enter?

[@frankish5314]

No but I call out BS when I see it..:) All commercial pilots are trained to the same level. Yes they are highly trained and so they should be but giving praise as if its some kind of heroic act is misplaced.@@Dime_time333

[@Alex-bn9xx]

What a smooth landing for no front landing gear great pilot

[@angelathompson4450]

Glad everyone was safe!!

[@GeraldBoykin-dw9xe]

That particular final approach should never be after the FAA investigation. 🛬

[@KuostA]

@@GeraldBoykin-dw9xe ....what?

[@GeraldBoykin-dw9xe]

@@KuostA : You don't know jack about the FAA! DUH

[@KuostA]

@@GeraldBoykin-dw9xe wtf are u saying lmao you arent speaking a coherent sentence to be understood. pls use your brain and write a clear sentence with your point, scrub

[@marie.s9995]

Damn! This gives me goosebumps! Whewwww! Thank you Jesus! Thank you Delta Pilots and crew!!!❤

[@Mrsprice220]

Amen

[@threetreasures7698]

Thankful that everyone is safe!

[@bennyblanko3]

That happened to me too, in a 727, right main gear no green light (I was in the cockpit jumpseating). The 3rd officer tried manual (cables system with a hand crank) to no avail. Flew by the tower, and they said the gear looked down. The airport scrambled the firefighters, and the pilot looked at me and said, put your seat belt on real tight. He also said he had done a belly landing similar to this in another 727 in south america. Anyway, we landed fine, reverse thrust hard, and parked on the runway, and all got off the plane. It was about 1 in the morning on a Fedex jet a long time ago. I don't remember it being really scary, but just life. Might have been more scary if I was a passenger in the back ... don't know.

[@frankish5314]

Sounds fun.. I had a friend who nearly did a full gear up in a Citation..:)

[@eduardodejesus2441]

Love delta. They have the best pilots and crew member. I would rather pay more for my ticket knowing my experience will be top notch. Well done crew and pilots.

[@frankish5314]

Same training as any other pilot gets.

[@steinbockguy]

so impressive!! Pilots train and train and train for such eventualities, but so few ever have to experience it. Huge kudos to those Pilots and to Delta for training their pilots and cabin crew so well.

[@mcraft2240]

Honestly, it’s a basic landing. The back gear touches first, the plane slows down, and the front part of the plane slowly comes down. It’s not that hard.

[@steinbockguy]

@@mcraft2240 I wouldn’t have wanted to have done it

[@HaloFlemz86]

Nailed it!!! Good job to all.

[@100xminimum8]

Dude that pilot is a fucking Boss, Give him a raise 📈

[@canadianaviator]

And a kiss 😘

[@Themandan420]

I was on that plane it was hell first ever plane I was on

[@100xminimum8]

@@Themandan420 That is epic! At least you have a story to tell for generations🤣🫡

[@nikitakelley]

@danphill OMG ! First flight ??? Glad you all are safe !!!

[@Themandan420]

@@nikitakelley yep ever and I was freaking out I’m 19

[@bijyanalkeralam9127]

Kudos to pilots

[@osanairyota8507]

No matter how many times you fly, always fasten your seat belt, and be ready for any emergency.

[@jarthe3]

Thank God for that pilot and their skill to get them down safely!!

[@marcwells03]

Your genocidal sky daddy had nothing to do with it

[@blessed2950]

I’m just glad everyone is OK. that must’ve been so terrifying for everyone on that flight.

[@nikitakelley]

Wonderful job by Pilots! Very happy passengers !! 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@frankish5314]

Absolutely no big deal.. In fact landing without any gear at all (this had the main gear down) is perfectly OK. The airframes are designed to handle this.. Of course using the airplane again with require a little bit of "buffing out"..:)

[@nikitakelley]

No problem for you. And that’s just great. For those of us who aren’t quite as knowledgeable as you are, we were thrilled to see this landing safely on the ground and the 91 passengers CHEERING !!! A feel good story! What’s wrong with that ?????🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@Oro-Blanco]

Yet another miracle from our American pilot!

[@GregStew]

Great testimony about the advances in sensor technology that can alert the pilots. Great skills demonstrated to hold off the nose as long as possible once the main wheels are on the runway! 😊✨

[@sharondalynnewton7562]

Praise God and the pilots!

[@ingrid17us]

Wow, amazing!!! Congratulations to the pilots

[@MrBoom-tm4te]

These pilots need to be acknowledged everyday

[@raquelrenteria9518]

I agree!!

[@ericksonrodriguez6930]

That is great airmanship. ✈️

[@blufinityy]

Smoother landing than Ryan Air

[@bobsmith2637]

The Gimli Glider (Air Canada flight 143, with a Boeing 767) also skidded down the runway on its nose, while all the friction did start a small fire it also helped slow the plane down.

[@takamadson]

The gear was the least if their problems

[@seant6154]

Delta is still a good airline. Good job pilots!

[@cindy1010us]

yes they are very good for not maintaining the their old fleet of planes there should be no margin of error in maintenance of the aircraft

[@seant6154]

@@cindy1010us You have a good point.

[@Tony-rh2lp]

Captain told passengers to brace for impact, passenger pull out phone to record

[@M_SC]

They were bracing and most importantly not screaming. You just like to be negative

[@Buttersausage]

😂😂😂

[@Buttersausage]

Lol

[@terrie001]

Human nature. Recall the moment of their deaths or alive.

[@bdubs532]

@@M_SC it was the front landing gear c'mon it'd be fine and clearly was fine

[@jerinarefin]

Kudos to all crews specially Captain & Pilot, also ATC. It’s not the first time in US history, last time it happened in Bangladesh as well. All of these were successful, the best way to finish fuel before landing 🛬 . No one will understand the stress of passengers and their families where most passengers have wifi on board as well.

[@patriciavoncannon1426]

Wow!!!! That could've had a horrible ending! Hatsoff to the flight crew!!!

[@aviGeek11]

As a Flight Attendant I am really upset that they were not mentioned here. While the pilots did amazing and got them on the ground, the flight attendants were in that cabin running through a crazy checklist with the passengers. Assisting them in an emergency is just as important.

[@anjenue4894]

Great that the pilots were able to bring plane in safely and without any injuries…loved hearing the joy and relief from the passengers. Now imagine if any of the unhinged behavior we’ve seen in hundreds of vids on planes was occurring at the same time!

[@d.k.borelli8267]

There has been a lot of vehicular incidents lately. We better tighten up

[@ruthless4088]

My heart would’ve dropped. Omg, I’d be scared to death. Glad all is ok.

[@Stretchkickz]

This is the only time clapping after landing is allowed 👏🏼😂

[@cookiesnmilk9200]

Bravo to the pilots!!! job well done!!!! I'll fly with you any day.

[@JohnEastmanExAttyAtLaw]

Apparently, none of Spirt Airlines planes have gear because every landing sounds and looks like this.

[@richwightman3044]

Dur hur hur! You’re funny! Do Spirit pilots come over to McDonalds and critique your French fry making skills?

[@ADV-IT]

This is Pilot's Professionalism!

[@podcastfan2544]

The Flight Channel gonna have a time reproducing this one. Awesome Job Flight Crew

[@Alex-bn9xx]

Right i am so ready to see what went wrong

[@mcraft2240]

How boring will that episode be? Front gear doesn’t come down. Pilots land the plane then slowing put the front end down. They come to a stop..the end.

[@mayapastrana4444]

I will be flying Delta if they have pilots like this! 🎉❤ Glad everyone is safe!

[@JerridChambers]

I've had worse landings with all the wheels down. Lol these pilots made it business as usual. This is why i fly Delta.

[@kenalee8607]

Well done pilot and co-pilot!

[@kjjones8627]

Praise God that everyone is okay and praise God for the wisdom of the Delta pilots

[@marcwells03]

Your genocidal sky daddy had nothing to do with it. Psalms 137:9 happy is the one that dashes the infants on the rocks ❤❤❤❤

[@RyRyWags]

Nice job on those pilots!!!

[@MuhammaadZainedit786]

Bro good thing rest in peace😢

[@sarahlachman1349]

Pilots train alot for these short of things, and that training paid off. Hopefully that 717 isn't a total lost and can fly again, not many T-tails flying these days

[@TheChrisgralnic]

It had been determined that Stockton rush was the last inspector of those landing gear

[@peacelife]

Like a movie in live action. 👏👏👏 the pilot

[@giovanny1062]

Why nobody recorder the landing from outside????

[@Gdub33]

That pilot is the best! Great job all around!

[@TheKnitter2024]

And that’s why the Pilots make the Big Bucks! Bravo!!

[@bryandale7125]

Thank God He protected all onboard this plane whose nose gear did not deploy for landing.

[@SuperAgentman007]

If their front landing gear didn’t work why didn’t you say so you said their landing gear didn’t work! There’s a big difference JetBlue did the same thing landed without a front landing gear. Nothing happened just a lot of sparks that’s all.

[@nikitakelley]

Not to mention, those of us who are not that familiar with airline terms etc. I watch all sorts of airplane disasters, (🙄🙄) and I never know what ANYONE is talking about! And listening to videos of ATC and pilots ???? OMG ! It’s a foreign language and indecipherable !!! 😜😜

[@Itsmejwls]

Job well done!!🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

[@palimdragonmaster3k]

Thats a smoother landing than most flights ive been in

[@bobjimenez4464]

front landing gear are extremely precise assemblies which can fail....the no gear landing is fairly safe for the airliner and the passengers aboard.

[@richd3044]

Delta flight 717 now arriving at gate 9, gate 10, gate 11.....

[@Symbolsm]

What's even better that the front nose wasn't damage, as I would have thought. Fantastic pilots

[@jamesduprey2719]

Is it just me, or in a world with over a billion cell phones, full advance warning that they were landing without landing gear, a couple of advance passes over the runway.....no news is actually showing the landing? Only clapping inside the airplane and some concrete shots from inside the windows. Kinda bizarre. What did I miss?

[@krmglr1923]

pretty skilled pilot

[@-Gunnarsson-]

The pilot be like. Please let me keep my job. CEO we dont know yet but your in!

[@cadebecker2486]

Pilots really can be heroes

[@uzmakahlown-il2uy]

Pilots did a really good job for bringing the plane to a smooth landing At the same time they need to investigate the reason that put everyones life at risk should not be happening in the first place. Passengers lives mean a lot to their loved ones!!

[@Lighthouse734]

Thankyou JESUS👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏

[@cmgs7]

Thank you pilots

[@8sun52]

OK. This was ok. But you want to talk about really excellent airmanship...About ten years ago a flight from Newark Airport to Warsaw, Poland. Two hundred thirty one passengers on board. None of the landing gear on a wide body 767 would deploy. The pilot spent about an hour trying everything to deploy them. He dumped most of the fuel before landing. The pilot made a smooth landing at about 145 mph. He was honored in Poland and the US and compared to Miracle On The Hudson. Yeah...I'd say so... He spoke through broken English but like a professional, he downplayed it saying he was just doing his job. Yeah, he sure did. If not touching down at the right angle and one of those engines too much caught the tarmac more than the other one, the plane could have pinwheeled tearing it apart causing an inflamed plane with the remaining fuel. A total cluster F. Or even worse if one engine broke off.

[@kjjones8627]

A Boeing 717 originally built by McDonnel Douglas as the MD95

[@robertmorgan2219]

Passenger caught the exact angle where you can see the shadow silhouette profile showing no landing gear in the front

[@OTRTrader]

Airline pilots do this in the simulator all the time, they think it over in their sleep, with their eyes closed, while eating lunch, working out at the gym, peeing, going at it in the bedroom, etc. They know what they're doing for sure! I'm sure Mr. Hörnfeldt (Mentour Pilot) is excited, not about the last example I cite, but about doing a video about this incident FOR SURE! And I hope you all have an "ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC" day!

[@nikitakelley]

What is your point ?????

[@Venor_Gaming]

ATC: we need gear to land Pilot: Nah who needs it anyway

[@jayreiter268]

Normal available gear landing. The landing is a scheduling convenience. The gear is used so the aircraft can be flown on the next flight.

[@odiabhairakesh6224]

Great pilot!!!

[@AvCasey19]

this is the perfect plane for it to happen to since the enginges are tail-mounted, much safer as funny as it sounds than a plane like an a320 landing without landing gear

[@GeekBoyMN]

Even a B737/B320 would have been fine with only the nose gear not down. Main gear worked fine.

[@joyceben5843]

Thank GOD they made it

[@skyrowetravels6023]

Wow. That’s super scary

[@Ad-Lo]

Kudos to the crew! 👏

[@carmelajaramillo-c6z]

wow! amazing work Delta airlines!

[@savagerampage69]

Impressive flight crew all around for sure, job very well done!!

[@How2Wrench]

#skills #how2wrench training needed?

[@vornadopro6502]

Boeing 727 historically had nose gear deployment issues. Boeing 717's are being replaced soon by Delta. These older planes tend to have issues like this.

[@paulencarnacion]

Sadly, the news report thanked the pilots but made no mention of who they were. 😢 Good work, anyway, flight crew!

[@c44-9w9]

Did the passengers get their stuff back? And I’m happy that they did not die

[@ahmadfarizbinmokhtar7106]

Kudos to the amazing pilots. I just have an opinion about the term emergency landing. I always thought it should be emergency after landing if the they are landing without nosewheel. Unless, the pilots decide to divert and land when they found out the nosewheel wont deploy during cruise. Which maybe is unnecessary. Like, if you have a flat tire when you are turning into your garage, you dont stop because its an emergency. You are arriving home. But if one of your tires popped while driving along the freeway, then you make an emergency stop.

[@danielcarlson800]

'00 Boeing 717. Nose-Gear failed to lower.

[@Buttersausage]

Props to the pilots !

[@66lwmorgan]

I've done this many times on Flight Simulator, piece of cake.

[@davidkadish2048]

Listen to ATC recording no flyby they declined and this is really practiced everyday and not a big deal.

[@NihongoGuy]

You cannot compare this to what happened to that sub. COUNTLESS aircraft have landed either without the front gear or with a locked front gear - never has then been an injury OTHER than during a rushed evacuation.

[@prodigalpilot]

@@Andrew-um6nyot even close to the same. Every system and aspect of an aircraft is certified. There are design assurances and redundancies. Of course, they are still machines and things can happen, though rare. To compare an airliner and it’s certification to a dude with his thumb in the air and “that looks about right” is laughable. This was certainly an emergency situation that the pilots managed well, it’s also one they practice regularly and we’re likely not all that concerned in the cockpit. The media needs it to be a bigger deal than it is.

[@Derpherppington]

who cares how many millions flights it delayed. how often u see safe landing with no one injured for a large plane like that.

[@Katwoman4318]

Happy to be alive, Happy to be an American 🇺🇸. God Bless.

[@well-blazeredman6187]

How long to clear the runway?

[@vinke3177]

Where’s the video footage, outside of the plane, that shows the landing? Thinking people would like to know.

[@Itsmejwls]

Thank God everyone is ok!!!!!!!🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

[@fidelcatsro6948]

ameen Allahu Akbar!

[@frankservant5754]

Lol that landing is smoother than some I have seen

[@EricaGamet]

Reminds me of the JetBlue plane that landed with their front wheel turned 90 degrees.